Before I forget

I picked Carson up from school today. He had this to tell me:

"Mom, some other kids at school today wanted Brendan to EAT poison ivy. But that would KILL him! So I told them that, no, they should NOT make him eat it, but they should just wipe it a little bit on his finger, because that would only make it a little bit itchy and not kill him.

(pause) Mom, I saved his life!!"

Excuse me while I go wipe away a tear of pride.

(By the way, surprisingly, it soon came out that there was actually no poison ivy to be found on the elementary school's playground area, so Brendan neither had to eat nor touch the stuff. *Whew*)